The Three Monkeys Coffee and Tea House, West End

The Three Monkeys is something of a mainstay in West End.  It has been there as long as I can remember.  It is a very attractive establishment, with great lighting, decor, ornaments, posters, and furniture.  It looks like what I would imagine a really classy opium den would look like.  Being out and about in West End yesterday, I popped in for tea and a scone.  With my student discount, this came to $4.95.  These days in Brisbane, that's a very good price.  For a place that is regarded as one of Brisbane's best places for tea, a pot of English breakfast tea consists of a teabag in a pot, which is a touch I have never liked about the Three Monkeys, but I knew what I was in for.  At least the pot gave me three decent cups of tea.  I was really there for the scone though.  I've never cared for jam and cream scones:  I always order buttered scones.  This time the scone was of good quality; slightly sweet, a little moist, certainly better than my efforts at making scones.  What I really liked though, was that the butter was room temperature, making it easy to spread.  All to often when you order something with butter at many establishments, the butter has been refrigerated, and you have to wait for it to melt before you can spread it.  As this was not the case, I was satisfied with my tea and scone.